Vaughn Hairbottle

I am a CIMA qualified finance professional with extensive operations management experience. I have been responsible for financial analyses, financial reporting, played key roles in the budgeting and forecasting process, business optimisation and providing commercial advice and support to senior management. I am commercially savvy with excellent analytical skills and I am able to translate that into quick and accurate decision making while being able to anticipate deviations, variations or keys to success. My input into the strategic planning and implementation processes, financial models and business cases, analytics and intelligence tools as well as my support of the financial accounting function is considered extremely valuable by all. I have advanced excel skills and advanced financial systems and ERP knowledge. I am proficient in SQL, VBA (programming language for excel and other Microsoft applications), Qlickview (business analytics and dashboard software), IFS (ERP software). My key strengths include analysing and interpreting accounting and business performance data and producing insights for senior management identifying where business performance is failing or can be improved; leading major change initiatives to improve financial management and reporting capability; developing superior management information systems which provide enhanced business intelligence that underpins strategic and tactical business decision making; assembling and leading high performance teams to deliver key outputs to business; analysing financial governance and control environment to identify weaknesses and areas for improvement and developing solutions to address ever evolving sustainability, financial and regulatory requirements.